At Lemonjello's we have a fair amount of teas- bagged, loose leaf, and mate's. I've always liked tea, but lately I feel like I want to up my tea expertise. I know the basics: how tea is made, the attributes of mate, caffeine content, brewing temps, what the term "first pick" is (I spent the summer with a family who spends hundreds of dollars on teas), basically just enough to not sound like an idiot.
I still feel like if I went to a tea shop in Japan (which I've actually done before, but the people I was with knew what they were talking about so I didn't talk at all...) people would look at me like I was drinking lipton.
For all the tea experts out there, what's the next step? What books should I read, what should I look for in tea, whats the jargon....basically what's your advice! :)
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